What green really means for colos

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Sep 29 2011) Carbon Footprint , Carbon Tax , Cloud Computing

...years have gained attention because they are considered ‘green’. You only have to look at Facebook, Google and Yahoo!, all of which are using innovative and environmentally friendly cooling, building on bro......data center at a temperature of 70 or 71 degrees Fahrenheit. IT equipment can go higher than that. ASHRAE’s range for temperature in a data center on the high side is 80 degrees, and on the low ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Yahoo   Verne Global

Shifting to Chiller-Less Data

Explore Scientific Computing (Aug 2 2011) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...d and warranted to operate within the highest current temperature and humidity guidelines issued by ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers), the servers, storage a......abling chiller-less facility designs. New data center construction exemplified by companies such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo has demonstrated a shift toward fresh air-cooled data centers that do not rely ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Google   Yahoo

Facebook Open Compute and the PUE Trifecta

Explore | CTO Edge (Apr 18 2011) Power and Cooling , Servers

... all to see, review and possibly emulate. Unlike other high-profile PUE claims from giants such as Google and Yahoo, which provided some generalized information about what they did to improve efficiency in...... techniques (unconventional only at the moment), it does not need to follow or comply with the 2008 ASHRAE TC9.9  recommended environmental envelope. But even as I write this blog, ASHRAE is in the process of broadening TC9 ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Google   Yahoo

Energy Efficiency Guide: Data Center Temperature

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Mar 10 2011) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...ing the praises of savings through higher baseline temperature settings in the data center includes Google, Intel, Sun and HP. But nudging the thermostat higher may also allow less time to recover from a co......pward temperatures. The American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) expanded its recommendations for ambient data center temperatures, raising its recommended upper l... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Google   ASHRAE

Data Centers Can be Even Warmer

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 22 2011) Servers

...ing the praises of savings through higher baseline temperature settings in the data center includes Google, Intel, Microsoft and HP. The leading industry group for heating and cooling professionals, ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers), says that it will  con... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Intel   Google

Economizers hit the big time - by Peter Judge

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Nov 15 2010)

...and cooling buildings, and those standards are often cited in building codes around the US.  When ASHRAE  90.1 was announced earlier this year, started a storm of protest from data center owners including...... 90.1 was announced earlier this year, started a storm of protest from data center owners including Google and Microsoft, who said it was too prescriptive, requiring the use of “economizers”, which reduce t... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Google   ASHRAE

APC Launches Modular Data Centre Cooling

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Nov 10 2010) Servers

...iffuser.” Outside air cooling, provided by “economisers” or “minimisers”, is now mandated by the US ASHRAE 90.1 building regulations – a decision which caused controversy amongst data centre owners such as Google, who want the freedome to use whatever cooling technology they like. However, outside air can reduc... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Google   Hewlett Packard

Pumping Up The Heat

Explore Processor.com (Jun 17 2010)

...h.com), says many IT managers are taking a look at running warmer data centers because studies from ASHRAE and others (such as Google) claim that it can be more economical to replace IT components more frequently because they fail du... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   ASHRAE

ASHRAE versus data center operators - my money is on the operators by Peter Judge

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Apr 19 2010)

...ethod, basically choosing other technology if it gives good results. That's all very well, say the Google-led group, but it seems they fear the ASHRAE standard may not be understood in great depth by the building regulators putting it into practice. ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Google   ASHRAE

Google Leads Criticism Of Green Data Centre Rules

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Apr 16 2010) Servers

...ding efficiency standard to data centres will cause problems because it is “too prescriptive”. The ASHRAE 90.1 standard from building efficiency, from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air...... but the operators believe it will push specific technologies, instead of rewarding better results. Google Leads Criticism Of Green Data Centre Rules Vote 0 Moves to require free-air cooling have got data ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Nokia   Google   The Green Grid

Ashrae Responds to Data Centers' Opposition to Proposal

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Apr 14 2010) Power and Cooling

...VAC organization The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (www.ashrae.org) has responded to an open letter signed by representives from leading data centers, who wrote e......dologies, including power usage effectiveness (PUE), are employed." On Monday, representatives from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Digital Realty Trust, DuPont Fabros Technology and Nokia issued a joint stateme... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Europe   Google

Google, Tech Firms: Data Center Efficiency Standard Could Stifle Innovation

Explore Earth2Tech (Apr 12 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

...technology might not need economizers at all. Far better than the technology-specific standard from ASHRAE, Google says the industry needs an overall data center efficiency standard, where companies can pick and ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Nokia   Amazon.com   Google

New federal data center energy-efficiency guidelines on tap

Explore Data Center (Feb 26 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

...oups: 7x24 Exchange, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the Green Grid, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the U.S. Green Building Council, and the Upt......news Digg This! StumbleUpon Toolbar StumbleUpon Bookmark with Delicious Del.icio.us Add to Google The federal government and major industry groups are on the cusp of developing widely accepted s... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   The Green Grid   Uptime Institute

Valet Parking the Data Center Container: Part II

Explore | CTO Edge (Nov 9 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling

...“cold” aisle is what most data center customers would consider “server-cide” and is well beyond the ASHRAE 9.9 expanded temperature envelope (which tops out at 80°F), HP seems willing to back it up with its......rized data centers will be a niche market, or only are going to be used by the largest players such Google and Microsoft. Perhaps they will become the new data center paradigm as ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   ASHRAE   IBM

Microsoft’s Chiller-less Data Center

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Sep 24 2009) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing , Servers

Microsoft has joined Google on the new frontier of energy efficiency – the chiller-less data center. Microsoft today announced ......a center. n January the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) expanded its recommendations for ambient data center temperatures, raising its recommended upper l... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Google   ASHRAE